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Object Number
79-14-20/17444
Display Title
Dugout canoe
Descriptions
Object Description
Dugout canoe (THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED DURING THE WATERCRAFT RESTORAGE PROJECT, 9/2000):
Dugout carved from single log. The bottom of the hull is more or less flat. Both ends of the vessel taper and sqaure off; one of the ends has had a hole bored through it vertically.
There is a drilled hole (approx. 1/2" diameter) through the gunwale on one side, amidships. There is a knot hole approx 1 1/2" in diameter at one end in the gunwale.
The catalog # (17444) is written on one side near one end on the gunwale.
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Federal District
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 177 × 22 × 13 3/4 in. (14.75 × 1.83 × 1.15 Ft)
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Edward Palmer
(1878 - 1879)
Donor
Dr. Edward Palmer
(1878 - 1879)
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